State data Friday showed 132 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Wednesday, with Iron County accounting for 10 of the cases and Dickinson County five. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Friday reported 27 new confirmed positives ...
Local health officials Thursday morning reported 23 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in Iron County in the past week, while Dickinson County added 17 more cases. Across the Wisconsin border, that state’s COVID-19 data sites Thursday showed 20 more confirmed cases in Marinette County, ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's top education official on Wednesday urged everyone headed into school buildings in coming days to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear masks — steps she said would help ensure schools don't have to shut down amid a spike in new cases. Jill Underly, state superintendent of schools, wrote an editorial urging a united front against the virus, noting that the situation was different than last year thanks to the availability of vaccines to help stop the spread. Many schools in Wisconsin didn't open to in-person learning at the start of the 2020 ...
State COVID-19 data sites Wednesday showed 33 more confirmed positives since Monday in Wisconsin’s Marinette County, while neighboring Menominee County in the Upper Peninsula added 18 new cases. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday also listed 10 new confirmed cases in Iron County and six in Dickinson County for the two-day period. The MDHHS data site had 132 new confirmed COVID-19 positives in the Upper Peninsula since Monday, with only Keweenaw County not adding to its numbers: 18 in Delta and Menominee counties; 14 in Houghton ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System President Tommy Thompson pushed back Tuesday against Republican lawmakers who claim campuses need their permission to implement COVID-19 policies, insisting university leaders don’t need legislative approval to manage the schools — a ...
DETROIT (AP) — A Catholic school in Lansing has lost an appeal over a Michigan policy that required masks on young kids earlier in the pandemic. Although the statewide mandate ended, some counties are stepping in and requiring masks in schools when the 2021-22 year starts. Resurrection School and some parents sued in 2020, saying a state mask order violated the free exercise of religion, among other objections. A judge, however, refused to intervene and issue an injunction. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision Monday. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ...
